posterity; future life; life to come
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
to distribute; to hand out
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
rice tax (ritsuryo system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
substitute article; back-up
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
construction; establishment
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
requisition; commandeering; conscription
infrastructure improvement
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
number of persons; personnel
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
instead; but (on the other hand)
statute-labor service (ritsuryo period); socage
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
coating (esp. lacquering)